-INSTALL file for the Windows9x/2k/XP version of vlc, the VideoLAN Client
+$Id: INSTALL.win32,v 1.13 2003/02/02 04:01:29 sam Exp $
-Running VideoLAN Client
-=======================
+INSTALL file for the Windows9x/2k/XP version of the VLC media player
+
+
+Running VLC
+===========
-If you have already built vlc (see below) or are using a binary release,
+If you have already built VLC (see below) or are using a binary release,
just run 'vlc.exe'.
-You can also run vlc from a dos command box, in which case you'll be able
+You can also run VLC from a dos command box, in which case you'll be able
to use the command line arguments. You can obtain a list of these command
line arguments by typing 'vlc --help'.
-To store a debug log of the current vlc session, you can use
+To store a debug log of the current VLC session, you can use
'vlc -vvvvv --intf=logger nameofyourvideofile', but this will unfortunatly
disable the GUI. You will end-up with a vlc.log file in your current directory.
-If you want to play a DVD, run vlc and click on the Disc option in the
+If you want to play a DVD, run VLC and click on the Disc option in the
interface. You then have to type your drive letter followed by a colon in
the 'Device name' box (eg. 'D:' if this is the letter for your dvdrom drive).
-Building VideoLAN Client from the source code
-=============================================
+Building VLC from the source code
+=================================
-If you want to do the tricky job of building vlc from sources, you can do it
+If you want to do the tricky job of building VLC from sources, you can do it
in several ways:
- natively on Windows, using MSYS+MINGW (www.mingw.org)
Configuring the build
=====================
-The best way to configure the build process of vlc is to use the
+The best way to configure the build process of VLC is to use the
`./configure' script.
See `./configure --help' for more information.
--with-directx=/c/dev/dxheaders \
--with-dvdcss-tree=../libdvdcss-win
-If you are using cygwin, you can build vlc with or without the unix emulation
+If you are using cygwin, you can build VLC with or without the unix emulation
layer (without is usually better). To build without the emulaion layer, use
something like this:
./bootstrap; \
Note: when using the --with-dvdcss-tree you need to compile the libdvdcss tree
beforehand.
-Building VideoLAN Client
-========================
+Building VLC
+============
Have a look at the generated Makefile.opts file, you may want to choose
which modules will be compiled as plugins, and which ones will remain in
the core application. The configure script tries to guess for you.
-Once configured, to build vlc you have to:
+Once configured, to build VLC you have to:
If you are cross-compiling from Debian or compiling natively on Windoze,
then just run `make'.
they can be symlinks to the Borland bpr2mak and make utilities, or wrappers
that call them through Wine if you are cross-compiling from Linux.
-3) Configure vlc as usual with the --enable-intfwin flag and build it.
+3) Configure VLC as usual with the --enable-intfwin flag and build it.
-Well done, now you're ready to use vlc!
+Well done, now you're ready to use VLC!
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